Earmarked Funding
Congressional Fiscal Year 2023
Congressman Dan Crenshaw
- $7.5 million for the Lake Houston Dam Spillway Improvement Project. The Lake Houston Dam Spillway Improvement Project will increase the outflow capacity of the Lake Houston Dam. The dam is located approximately 19 miles northeast of the Houston downtown business district and is maintained by the City of Houston and owned and operated by the Coastal Water Authority. The primary function of the lake is to serve as the main source of municipal drinking water for Houston, Baytown, Deer Park Harris, and Fort Bend Counties. A secondary function for the lake is flood control.
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher
- $2,000,347 for the Houston Public Library Digital Literacy Program. The funds will be used primarily to increase HPL’s digital book and educational video collections and associated technologies like tablets and laptops. Providing children and youth with increased access to digital literacy resources will assist in the development of their appropriate reading levels throughout early childhood and adolescence.
- $1,000,000 for the Houston Police Department Mobile Community Storefront Program. The Mobile Community Storefront will be a specially built and equipped trailer to be deployed in high-crime and problem areas throughout the City. This trailer will house officers, investigators, and crime victim specialists in order to respond instantaneously to violence and make resources available to residents. The Houston Police Department will collaborate with business management districts in the area to help garner public trust and educate the community of HPD's mission to keep them safe and protected.
Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia
- $750,000 for the Magnolia Park Manchester Services Hub. The Commercial Development in Magnolia Park-Manchester will entail a Social Services Hub that will be a site for future developments in the major corridors on Lawndale and Broadway Street.
Congressman Al Green
- $1,550,000 for Sunnyside Park Capital Improvements. The project will entail replacing the community center gymnasium roof and floor as well as basketball goals and gymnasium wall padding. Additionally, restrooms in the building will be upgraded.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
- $1,000,000 for the Houston Health Department Vision Health Program, See to Succeed. See to Succeed is a public-private partnership initiative created to resolve unmet vision needs of children in the greater Houston and surrounding areas (Harris and Ft. Bend counties). This program provides vision exams and quality corrective eyewear at no cost to children ages 6-18 who have failed their initial vision screening at school.
- $4,000,000 for Park and Community Redevelopment. As the member combined five projects from four different entities into one request, it is not known at this time how much funding will go to the City’s projects. It is thought that some funding will be dedicated to the Houston Parks and Recreation Department towards the replacement of the outdated pool at Tidwell Park and creation of a new aquatic facility. The existing Tidwell Park pool has outlived its useful life and does not meet current department standards. It is also anticipated that funding will go towards a social services hub that will be a site for future development on the major corridor of Liberty Road and Kashmere Street.
Other entities expected to share in this funding are the Houston Parks Board, The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park and The Greater East Houston Community Redevelopment Corporation. With a total requested amount of more than $14 million for these five projects and only $4 million awarded, the result of this combining of projects will be that entities will need to revise and dramatically reduce the scope of their original projects.